hyderabad
The water resources authorities of Maharashtra commenced release of 0.6 tmc ft water from Babli Barrage across the river Godavari near Dharmabad in Nanded district to Telangana in tune with the February 2013 Supreme Court judgement given while clearing the project.
Executive Engineer C.R. Bansod and Deputy EE Prashant Kadam of the Nanded irrigation division of Maharashtra supervised the lifting of the barrage gates to discharge water downstream towards Telangana in the presence of Central Water Commission (CWC) engineers from Hyderabad – EE of Upper Godavari Division E. Venkateshwarlu and Assistant EE Sai Praneeth – as also engineers of Telangana – Deputy EE of Sriramsagar Project M. Ganesh and Assistant EE K. Ravi.